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Residential Transitions of Adults With Mental Retardation: Predictors of Waiting List Use and Placement
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Residential Transitions of Adults With Mental Retardation: Predictors of Waiting List Use and Placement
Descrição
EBSCO Publishing Citation Format: APA (American Psychological Assoc.):
Autor
:Elizabeth Lehr Essex and Marsha Mailick Seltzer; Marty Wyngaarden Krauss
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Ano que foi publicado
2017
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Tipo de pesquisa
Metodologia
The present study was designed to examine the dynamics of one aspect of planning among a sample of older families of adults with mental retardation who live at home, namely, placement of the son or daughter's name on a waiting list for residential services. This specific action constitutes a behavioral or objective indicator of family planning that may be part of a larger set of future planning activities.
Amostra
The analyses presented in this paper were based on an ongoing longitudinal study of 461 families who met two criteria when the study began: (a) the mother was age 55 or older and (b) a son or daughter with mental retardation lived at home with her. The mother was the primary study participant. Half the families lived in Massachusetts and half lived in Wisconsin. Identical recruitment procedures were used in the two states. The majority of participants were recruited through the assistance of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation, the Wisconsin Office of Developmental Disabilities, and the Arc and senior centers in both states. Other families were recruited through media announcements or referrals by participating family members.
Método de Pesquisa
It does not necessarily constitute a decision to seek residential placement immediately, although it is generally viewed as a precursor or component of the placement process (Blacher & Hanneman, 1993). We also examined the dynamics of placement, namely, the factors that predict the residential relocation of an adult with mental retardation from the family home to a licensed residential setting.
Principais Descobertas
Findings were interpreted using stress and coping, family life cycle, and postponed launching models.
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